INdlu Yabamele yase-Iowa yadlulisa isabelomali yasithumela kuMbusi uKim Reynolds, owayengaqeda ukuxhaswa kukahulumeni kwezinzwa zekhwalithi yamanzi emifuleni nasemifudlaneni yase-Iowa.
INdlu ivote ngo-62-33 ngoLwesibili ukudlulisa iSenate File 558, umthethosivivinywa wesabelomali ohlose ezolimo, izinsiza zemvelo kanye nokuvikelwa kwemvelo, naphezu kokukhathazeka okuvela kubameli bekhwalithi yamanzi mayelana nokunciphisa imali yokuqapha ikhwalithi yamanzi kanye nokugcinwa kwezindawo ezivulekile.
“Ukungabiki ngezimali kanye nokuqapha inqubekela phambili akuyona indlela esihamba ngayo ukuze sibhekane nenkinga yokungcoliswa kwezakhamzimba e-Iowa,” kusho u-Alicia Vasto, umqondisi wohlelo lwamanzi we-Iowa Environmental Council.
Isabelomali sandisa uxhaso lweSikhwama Sokulungela Izifo Zezilwane Esingavamile futhi sitshale u-$750,000 kwiSikhwama Sokusungula Imboni Yobisi – into uRep. Sami Sheetz, we-D-Cedar Rapids, ayibize ngokuthi “inzuzo.”
USheetz uthe ingxenye "embi" yalo mthethosivivinywa ukuthi ususa umgomo osekunesikhathi eside wokwenza amaphesenti ayi-10 omhlaba wase-Iowa abekwe njengendawo evulekile evikelwe. Into "embi" ukudluliselwa kwamaRandi angu-500,000 kusuka e-Iowa State University Nutrition Research Center kuya ohlelweni lwekhwalithi yamanzi loMnyango Wezolimo Nokuphathwa Komhlaba wase-Iowa.
Isikhungo se-ISU, esigcina inethiwekhi yezinzwa yeNyuvesi yase-Iowa, sihlele ukunikeza i-UI u-$500,000 kulo nyaka ngaleyo nethiwekhi kanye namaphrojekthi ahlobene nayo. Lesi sabelomali siphinde siqede isidingo sokuba isikhungo se-ISU sibambisane ne-UI kanye neNyuvesi yaseNyakatho ye-Iowa.
Ngaphambi kokuba iSenate iphasise umthethosivivinywa ngesonto eledlule, u-Eisenhardt ubuze uMlimi uMomsen ukuthi uyavumelana yini nolimi lomthethosivivinywa.
Uhlelo Lokusebenza lwe-Gulf Hypoxia luka-2008 lubiza i-Iowa kanye nezinye izifundazwe zaseMidwestern ukuthi zinciphise imithwalo ye-nitrogen ne-phosphorus eMfuleni iMississippi ngamaphesenti angu-45. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Iowa ithuthukise isu lokunciphisa izakhamzimba elidinga izindawo zokwelashwa kwamanzi ezithuthukisiwe futhi lidinga abalimi ukuba bamukele ngokuzithandela imikhuba yokulondoloza.
I-Iowa ifaka izinzwa ezingaba ngu-70 minyaka yonke emifuleni nasemifuleni kulo lonke izwe ukuze ilinganise imithwalo ye-nitrate kanye namazinga ukuze ababukeli bakwazi ukuthola ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwezitshalo zokwelashwa kwamanzi, ukuthuthukiswa kwezindawo ezinamanzi kanye nemikhuba yokulondolozwa kwezolimo kuyasiza yini ekunciphiseni ukungcola.
Izinzwa zithumela idatha yesikhathi sangempela ku-Iowa Water Quality Information System, enemephu exhumanayo eku-inthanethi. Izinzwa ezimbili zalolu hlelo zitholakala eBloody Run Creek, eduze kwendawo yokudla izinkomo enezinhloko ezingu-11,600 ephethwe nguJared Walz, umkhwenyana kaSen. Dan Zumbach. Isabelomali sethulwe eSenate.
I-SF 558 iphinde ibeke imali eyizigidi eziyi-$1 ezivela kwi-Resource Enhancement and Protection Fund (REAP) ukuze kulungiswe ipaki.
I-Gazette inikeze abantu base-Iowa izindaba zendawo ezijulile kanye nokuhlaziywa okunolwazi iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-140. Sekela ubuntatheli bethu obuzimele obuwine imiklomelo ngokubhalisa manje.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba 27-2023